Improved extension-basket



@anni ADDISON NORMAN,- OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

Leners Parmi No.' 88,827, daad March 3o, 1869.

IMPROVE!) EXTENSION -BASKETl 'I'he Schedule reIex-zed to inthese Letters Patent and making parl: of the same.

, panying drawing, making part of this specication, in

which- Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of the basket A and inside case B, with aportion broken away to show guides a. and lever D.

Figure 2 is an elevation of a portion of the side, show- Y ing the guides a and sustaining-rods y.

Figure 3 is a top view of guide, showing the position of sliding lugs d.

The nature of this invention consists in making a basket that can be enlarged at pleasure, thereby increasing its capacity.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will describe its construction and operation..

This basket A has a movable bottom, c, iig.` 2.

An inside case, B, is provided, which is so tted that it will move vertically.

The bottom, c, is removed when the inside case is used..

On the inside of the basket there are fastened guides a, figs. 1, 2, and 3, which receive sliding lugs b, figs. 1 and 2.

The lugs b are rigidly attached tothe inside ease B, and have T-heads, iig. 3, nwhich fit in the guides a, and sustain the inside case when in the basket.

The case B may be made of metal, or of the same material as the basket, and may be divided into compartments, or in several parts, as shown at H, to hold several articles separate, so as to be used for a lunchbasket.

D is a lever, pivoted to an arm, h, attached to guides a.

attached pins guides a. 4

The upper end of the. lever extends above the basket, so that it may be moved longitudinally with the basket.

When'the inside case is in position, as shown in full lines, iig. 1 the Ytop of the lever is moved toward the guides a, which places the and sustains the inside case.

When it is desired to extend the basket, as shown in dotted lines, the top of the lever is moved from the guides @which will move the lower pin pinto the guides.

The inside case then can be drawn down until the lug b rests on the pin, at which point it will be thereby sustained, and the capacity of the basket enlarged.'

Several cases may be put inside of one another, and the basket further extended.

thereto and the handle. Y In the handle s, I put a pin, x, iig. 2, on which there are suspended sustaining-rods y, iig. 2, which extend down to the lower edge ofthe basket, to hold the movable bottom c', when it is used and the extension-portion taken out. Y What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. vA basket, when provided with a removable bote tom, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A basket, when provided with an extension-case, B, for the purpose set forth.

3. Pin x and sustaining-rods y, in combination with e removable bottom c, as herein 'shown and described. 4. The lever D, pins p, lugs d, and guides a, in com- -bination with the vertical moving case B, when arranged substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ADDISON NORMAN.

Witnesses JAS. LoRnNzo GAGE,

Tothe top and bottom of this lever D there are WM. S. LoUGrnBoRoUern.v

, al, fig. 1, which "pass through the pin p under the lug b,

The inside case may be sustained by a strap attached 

